The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-15
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The fund for Mary Sylvester, at Minneap-
oils now exceeds one thousand dollars.
The Northern Pacific junction Iost office
was robbed Sunday night of 5000 mostly in
Coin.
Brainerd, had Jail delivery four
prisoners digging through the wall and
cutting off the bars Of window.
At Austin, stranger stepped off of the
platform at the {. NJ. 4 st. F. depot Tuesday
evening and was struck by the switch en-
gine causing instant death.
Miss Louise b. Wilson, only daughter Of
Congressman Thomas Wilson to L. ".
Bowers, of Wilson Il Bowers, attorneys,
were married at Winona on the sth.
The Inter State Commerce commission
win meet in Minneapolis Sept. ID to discuss
grain rates 1t is understood that milling
in transit will come up for consideration.
p Schaefer of Melrose, one of the prom
dent men of that city, who had his foot
crushed in threshing machine near there
Saturday, died after having his leg ampu-
tated.
At Freeport, Ills. David b. Staples has
been indicted by the grand jury of
Stephenson county for an attempt t.
murder Charles ID. Winship, of Minneapolis,
MINI. His bail was fixed at 5000
A car repairer was killed in the yards oi
the Omaha X. r., at st. Paul. He was
working at a car which was raised on jack
screws hen another car was switched III
Oh the same track, knocking the first over
upon him. He was crushed beneath one
end, aud died an hour later. He leaves a
wife and eight children
At Blue Earth City, Amelia, aged about
II. daughter Of Leopold Dorge, a prosperous.
farmer, committed suicide hy hanging her
self i'm her fathers barn. No immediate
cause is yet assigned for the deed. beyond
the fact that she had OF late been somewhat
ailing in health, and for the last few days
shown herself slightly demented.
Hon P. H. Kelly of st. Paul is quoted a,
saying: NO program has been published
and no public announcement made bur
can tell YOU for sure that Presiden
Cleveland will arrive in st. Paul on til.
afternoon of Monday, October IL, about
o'clock, He will not travel on Sunday, bu
will spend that day in Madison Wis.,"
When last heard of, Hal Reid, a wei
known ..cunS rr,arricd r,,eo of Minnaaen.is
was at Chicago, whittier he had fled after
brutal criminal assault upon Maud Coulstol
pretty young actress belonging to th
West Side, st. Paul. Opera Company. Reid
who is stage-struck dude. had been playing
with the company at the st Paul theatre
The Girl is IN q dangerous state.
A small c; clone. accompanied by hail am
rain. started one mile north Of Dalton. Dtta
Tailcnunty. The wheat stacks were levele,
to the ground Reports from Eagle Lake sa,
that 50 hard a storm for short one has no
been seen for many years: As &. i. Scho,
out of the rain the whole stack was takel
away bodily. While he was holdin. Iii
horse part Of his buggy was carried mil
OFF.
AT St Paul, the stockholders of the Min
meeting and elected A. b. Stickney, Sam {
Stickney and Maurice Auerbaeh director
for a term Of four years. Subsequently til,
directors elected the following officers:
President-A. Il. Stickney.
First Vice President-c. w. Benson.
Second Vice President and Transfe
Agent William Lewis Boyle.
reasurer-W. b. Bend.
Secretarv-John /. Thompson.
Mintzki, the juvenile Montana desperad,
in jail in Brainerd for beating a lo-year-ol,
lad into a Jelly months ago, escaped on
recent night and liberated the rest OF thu
iail's occupants. First the bars of an uppe
window were forced wide enough to suueez
him through and the prisoners lowered hin
with clothes line. The boy then quickl,
secured tools for the rest, and stood guar,
while in the darkness OF fogg'
night wall was tunneled througa
There is no clew to the whereabouts of an
of the prisoners. The boy is also wanted a
Glendiye, Mont for murder.
A special from Marquette, Mich says
Word has been received of the founderin
of the schooner Niagara, northeast of Whit
Fish Point, Lake Superior, in Thursday
gale. She was commanded by capt
Clements and was ore laden from Ashlan,
to Ashtabula. Her crew OF ten men wa
lost, and the captains family Is also re
ported to have been aboard, making
total of Is lost The Niagara belonged t
the same tow as the schooner Lucerne
which was lost last November off Ashlan
with eleven lives. She was owned by Nj
Colrigan of Cleveland. She lies in min
fathoms of water ten miles from Whit
1t is reported that Mr.. A. b. Stickne,
President Of the Minnesota a. Northwestern
railway has decided to donate the Metr,
politan hotel building which, it is said Ina
been bought for him to the city OF st. Pau
| to be used for public library and art il
stitute. 1t is intended that on the first tioo
shall be public library, reading room
| lecture rooms, etc, on another floor an III
| gallery, and on other floors conservator
| of music. and an art school. About S65, ,W
has been invested by Mr. Stickney i'll ii
| property 1t is understood that an arch
| tect has already examined the interior
| report as to the feasibility of converting
into the purposes mentioned.
| st. Cloud Special: On Saturday eveniu
the community at Albany, Stearns count.
was startled to learn that Mrs. Carolil
Seal had committed suicide by hangin;
| The family had removed 10 their presel
| location from Wisconsin about a year az,
| OF late the woman occasionally complaine
! of being homesick and wanting to return
/ Friday afternoon she left the house ostens
| biy to do some outside work but did not +
turn in due time. Saturday morning the
found her hanging to a tree near the hous
evidently dead for = hours. On Thursda
| her daughter heard her call for help from
| deep well and she said she had fallen into
in trying to get water,but it is now believe
| that she attempted suicide by drownin
first but her courage gave out and she col
cluded to die by hanging. She was ID yea
| old.
Bobby" Adams, who is at Winona
give testimony in the Minneapolis Pos
office case, tells the following story: /
says he has been in Joliet prison ses.
months; his health is poor and there is I
use in keeeing up this fo lish business. I
says one man from Boston and five fro
Chicago worked the job. No one III Mimi
apolis had anything to do with it. Como
was there two days ahead of the other
He and Connors went into the buildir
through window. The Others stayed ou
side. 1t took them about - minutes
drill the safe and get in. They drove to S
Paul and were there by 5 o'clock he.
morning. They kept the stamps, some Il
600, about two days, then buried the
about two miles this side bf st. Paul, al
dug them up about two weeks afterwar
Connors took 5000 for the three men and
took the balance for the other three.